Amy van Keeken - Wave At Me
Wave At Me by Amy van Keeken comes at you like Newton’s apple, with a whole lot of gravity that might change the course of knowledge. There is a brilliance to the production process that Keeken brings to her music. As listeners, you feel a sense of intense calmness owed to the minimalist texture in her music. Keeken gives us a zinger of an album that blows our minds with a palette full of flavors and depth that will blow your mind. She brings an 80’s pop meets modern-day experimental sensibilities to the table that gives us fresh energy to hold onto as listeners. Amy Van Keeken says Wave At Me The first track of the album is the reason for the album itself. She doesn’t beat around the bush. Keeken comes at us with intense music and a voice that sounds like Christmas on the shores. Much like the waves her voice ebbs and flows and comes at you one after the other through her layering. Much like the rest of her album, she has kept it simple- it’s her and her guitar with a few other instrumental chimes here and there. But all you need is this much to give the listeners goosebumps. We Cried On The Phone We see her layering the song with more than just instruments and her own voice in We Cried On The Phone. She uses soft nature sounds and she uses it with such technique to create depth through this layering. She uses this depth to bounce off her voice. The track feels like the gushing of a waterfall amid a forest but in slow motion. It also feels like the last goodbye in a relationship when you are left to process everything alone. Follow Me We have Follow Me after She Don’t Cry About Time. I truly believe this is one of her more special songs in the album. You hear the birds and the day goes by as she sings in the foreground of this perfect backdrop. The sound of her voice is truly ethereal in this song. To end with this song also feels like we are ending with a note of hope. Keeken gives us early morning dew drops on rich green blades of grass in the form of a song in Follow Me. Initially when I heard the first set of songs in the album I truly believed that it would be perfect in Lone Ranger but later I felt like it would also be perfect in Penelope. Both films are brilliant in their forms of storytelling. This also tells us how versatile of a writer Amy van Keeken is. You can see for yourself what I’m talking about if you click on the links above. She is a unique singer and a trial blazer of a writer. Very few singers and songwriters possess the grace with which she writes her powerful songs.